WEST TRENTON -– In preparation for the 2008-2009 winter season, Colonel Rick Fuentes, Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police and Director of the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management, invites all New Jersey residents to participate in Winter Weather Awareness Week beginning Monday, November 17 and ending Friday, November 21.

SWAINTON — Due to high winds, and in the interest of public safety, the Cape May County Zoo will be closed Tuesday, Oct. 28.

The Cape May County Park remains open.

A high wind warning is in effect throughout the day until 3 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29 for several Southern New Jersey counties, including Cape May.

Wildwood Olde Time Italian Festival
Revised Schedule

Friday Night Event POSTPONED to Sunday!
Sylvester Grande Lodge No. 1838 of Wildwoods announced today that the Friday Night Events will be postponed due to rain. Events have been rescheduled for Sunday, September 28, 2008 ~ 12 Noon to 5:00pm.

Event Schedule
Friday, September 26 ~ CANCELLED
Saturday, September 27 ~ 12 Noon to Midnight
Sunday, September 28 ~
10:30am ~ Mass: Assumption Church, Wildwood Crest
Noon to 5:00pm ~ Festival @ Fox Park

Home page: Cape May visitor enjoys new strand of beach at 7:30 a.m. on Sept. 7. Left: Surfer sits out the storm watching waves at Cape May's Cove Beach Sept. 6. Photos by Jack Fichter

CAPE MAY -- Oh, the difference one day can make.

While Tropical Storm Hanna may have chased away some visitors to Cape May on Sept. 6, the storm did leave behind a gift, a new stretch of beach on what would normally be the waterside of the Third Avenue Jetty.

A 25-foot wide swatch of sand now occupies what used to be a favorite spot for surfers.

Blazing transformer in Woodbine that caused widespread power outages Aug. 10. Photo by Harry B. Scheeler Jr.

WOODBINE -- At about 7:45 p.m. Aug. 10, lightning struck an electrical transformer near Route 550 and County Route 610.

Herald photojournalist Harry Scheeler Jr. saw the strike, which he described as “The sky lit up in a brilliant yellow.”

After that, electricity was out in Woodbine as well as in parts of Upper and Dennis townships.

Atlantic City Electric crews responded to the scene, but power is expected to be out for at least several hours.

Home page: Pea-sized hail on doormat in Court House. Left: Clouds remain after brief morning downpour. Photos by Al Campbell

COURT HOUSE -- A fast-moving thunderstorm on Aug. 10 delivered nearly a half inch of rain and hail on the county seat.

The deluge took place shortly after 10 a.m. Dark thunder clouds approached from the south, delivered their precipitation, then seemed to head north.

CAPE MAY — With the ocean temperature about 10 degrees below average much of this summer, there are more people on the beach than in the water.

Fishing has also been adversely affected.

This past weekend, Cape May turned the corner on chilly ocean temperatures reaching 71 degrees after a month of water temperatures ranging from 59 degrees to the low 60’s

Atlantic City’s ocean temperature remained icy at 55 degrees.

Tropical Storm Bertha's infared image shows a the storm is becoming disorganized in a July 13 satellite photo.

MIAMI, FLA. -- At 7 a.m. DST, July 13, Tropical Storm Bertha was nearly stationary with 70 mph winds about 220 miles southeast of Bermuda.

A drift toward the northwest is expected to begin later today and continue to Monday.

ALTHOUGH THE MOTION COULD BE ERRATIC AT TIMES AND COULD
BRING THE CENTER OF BERTHA CLOSER TO BERMUDA THAN THE FORECAST
TRACK INDICATES.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH...115 KM/HR...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A SLIGHT WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM.

WOODBINE -- It was a sweltering day Saturday, June 28, but that didn't stop families from gathering up the kids and heading out to Woodbine for a day of fun.

The Woodbine Chamber of Commerce hosted the 6th annual Woodbine Family Festival Saturday.

Shown here, Jack Cotton, 3, of Hammonton, throws the ball at the dunk tank target, hitting the bulls eye and sending Kameron Mittchell age 9 of Woodbine into the water.

Eggs will not fry on a carhood.

RIO GRANDE – In the third day of a heatwave, the Herald team decided it was an opportune time to test the urban myth: " It's so hot you could fry an egg outside," but to no avail.

We tried it on a car hood; we tried it on blacktop. But fry an egg outside, we could not.

An egg must reach a temperature of 158 degrees in order to fry, according to the Fun Facts Website of the Library of Congress.

The automated National Weather Service's station in Fishing Creek read 94 degrees at 3 p.m. June 9.